--- title: But it is impossible that the parrot should come to any harm, both b… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: But it is impossible that the parrot should come to any harm, both because of the inaccessibility of the country, and because I have many thousands of genii surrounding the palm trees, who kill anyone attempting to approach the place.” Who acts: parrot, I, genii, palm trees. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parrot, I, genii, palm trees), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:4:46 # text = But it is impossible that the parrot should come to any harm, both because of the inaccessibility of the country, and because I have many thousands of genii surrounding the palm trees, who kill anyone attempting to approach the place.” 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 impossible impossible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 parrot parrot NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 8 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ _ 15 because because ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 18 case _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 15 fixed _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 inaccessibility inaccessibility NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 because because SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 thousands thousand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 genii genii NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 31 surrounding surround VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 palm palm NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 kill kill VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obj _ _ 39 attempting attempt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 acl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | impossible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | should | the parrot | both | | any harm | | because the inaccessibility of the country | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to harm=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **have** | present | I | many thousands of genii | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thousand=Patient | | 4 | **surround** | gerund | genii *not said here* | the palm trees | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tree=Co-Theme | | 5 | **kill** | present | the palm trees | anyone | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | | 6 | **attempt** | gerund | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **approach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the place | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/47/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)